Online porn and bullying - children 'need more protection'
Internet firms are also warned they may face prosecution for failing to show commitment to safeguarding youngsters.
The MPs called for an increase in prosecutions of legal adult pornography sites that do not take adequate steps to prevent children accessing them.
Java 8 Officially Released
Oracle today officially released Java 8, nearly two years after Java 7, and after much delay. The new release includes a number of critical new features, including Lambda expressions and the new Nashorn JavaScript engine. Java 8, however, is still missing at least one critical piece that Java developers have been asking for, for years.
Now Veronica Mars Backers Want Refunds, and They’re Getting Them
In order to access the digital version of the movie promised as a reward, they learned, they’d have to sign up for an account at Flixster—and even then, they’d only be able to stream the movie, not download it.
In statement released to the L.A. Times about the refund, a Warner Bros. representative described the move as part of the studio’s diligent work “to ensure that all the Veronica Mars backers have a great experience.”
Alibaba confirms plans to offer IPO in US
Alibaba, which controls nearly 80 percent of China's Internet shopping market, is expected to raise more than $15 billion, giving it a $130 billion valuation. That lofty target would challenge Facebook's record Internet IPO, which raised $16 billion in 2012.
Data transmission system on MH370 deliberately disabled
It has taken time to identify the correct search areas, Razak says, because it is now clear to investigators that the radar transponders and the flight data transmission system in the missing Malaysian airliner were deliberately disabled by somebody on the aircraft trying to hide its position and heading.
In other words somebody who knew what they were doing - or who may have been forcing a pilot to do it - was trying to obscure the plane's position. But Rezak stops short of saying this means the plane was necessarily hijacked.
Netflix-like torrenting app Popcorn Time disappears
The slickly designed torrenting app Popcorn Time had barely begun to live, but its creators have already pulled it down from their website, along with the supporting infrastructure.
Despite what the experiment of Popcorn Time "proves," the post concludes, "our experiment has put us at the doors of endless debates about piracy and copyright, legal threats and the shady machinery that makes us feel in danger for doing what we love. And that’s not a battle we want a place in."
WhatsApp chats not as secret as you think
Bas Bosschert has described a process by which the chat database can be read even if it's encrypted.
For Bosschert's attack to work, all that's required is that the user grants sufficient permissions to the malicious app. As he writes: “ since [the] majority of the people allows everything on their Android device, this is not much of a problem.”
Candy Crush games developer King aims to raise $533m
King's portfolio includes more than 180 games, but Candy Crush is its most popular offering and was the most downloaded free mobile app of 2013.
According to the firm, its top three games - Candy Crush Saga, Pet Rescue Saga and Farm Heroes Saga - accounted for 95% of its total revenue in the fourth quarter of 2013.
New Jersey Auto Dealers Don't Want to Face Tesla
It feels like this story is becoming repetitive: X state is trying to ban Tesla stores, or the ability for an automaker to sell directly to a consumer. Either way, it's all aimed at Tesla. Now it's New Jersey's turn as a hearing today could end up banning Tesla stores in the state.
Tesla's arguing the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission is overstepping its bounds.
Bulletproof men's suit blends Bruce Wayne style, Batman-worthy tech
A Zurich-based company known as Suitart has developed a men's suit that combines a whole lot of Wayne style with an ample dose of "kapow!" It's called "Diamond Armor," and for good reason: the suit fabric is embedded with 880 black diamonds; the lapels and stitching feature an additional 600 black diamonds with a total weight of 140 carats.
For starters, the suit is bulletproof. It uses technology invented by Croshield, a company that makes body armor and other bulletproof gear, to achieve what the manufacturers say is a level II protection classification.